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The Gap Band III

Gap Band III
Studio album by
the Gap Band
ReleasedDecember 8, 1980
Recorded1980
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood)
Genre
Length44:45
Label
ProducerLonnie Simmons[1]
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band II
(1979) 		Gap Band III
(1980) 		Gap Band IV
(1982)

The Gap Band III is the fifth studio album (contrary to the title) by American R&B band the Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was reissued in a remastered edition by PTG Records in 2009.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #16 on the Billboard Hot 200.[5] The album yielded 3 charting singles: the #60 R&B song "Humpin'", "Yearning for Your Love", a #5 R&B single which peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 R&B hit "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)", which reached #19 on the dance charts and #84 on the Hot 100.[6]

This would be the group's final release by Mercury Records (via Total Experience Productions). The Gap Band's next six albums were released on Total Experience Records.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Look in Your Eyes"Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Wilmer Raglin4:59
2."Yearning for Your Love"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson5:42
3."Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor5:30
4."Nothin' Comes to Sleepers"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson5:33
5."Are You Living"Charlie Wilson, John Black4:23
6."Sweet Caroline"Charlie Wilson, Malvin Vice3:20
7."Humpin'"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor5:13
8."The Way"Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson4:47
9."Gash Gash Gash"Robert Wilson5:18
10."Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) [Radio Version]"Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor4:09

Personnel

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  • Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
  • Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  • Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals (Lead vocals on "Gash Gash Gash")
  • Oliver Scott - Horns, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
  • Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
  • Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
  • John Black - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  • Malvin "Dino" Vice - String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
  • Cavin Yarbrough - Synthesizer
  • Robert "Goodie" Whitfield - Keyboards
  • Fred Jenkins - Guitar
  • Glen Nightingale - Guitar
  • Marlo Henderson - Guitar
  • Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals
  • Earl Roberson - Horns
  • Katie Kilpatrick - Harp
  • The Gap Band, Howard Huntsberry, Jonah Ellis, Marva King, Maxanne Lewis, Rudy Taylor, Val Young, Lonnie Simmons, Malvin "Dino" Vice - Backing Vocals

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[7] 16
Billboard Top Soul Albums[7] 1

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[8]
US
Pop 		US
R&B 		US
Disco
1981 "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" 84 1 19
"Yearning for Your Love" 60 5 -
"Humpin'" - 60 -

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